Flatbed with no arch or curve

How often are you shipping your product? Is it possible for your company to order and purchase the exact trailer you need and then just hire a truck for power only? You’d have to pay round trip weight because you could load a backhaul on a flat trailer.

A Conestoga trailer would still have arch. I suggested a dry van but didn’t know you required a crane.

 

That or have a flat platform built that can be set on an arched flatbed. Would still have to pay round trip, and the height of the load could then become a problem if the load is tall.

Edit to add: Perhaps your load could be mounted to this skid and the skid left with the load until ready to return.

 

Buy a 53' container and chassis, cut the top out and add a roll tarp. Guys haul scrap in them around here. Cheap.

 

Then again, if it was me just buy the container and let some cheap container company provide chassis. Load it on your time in the container and have multiples. Set on truck and go.

 

A rear dump used for scrap would work. Open top so you can use a crane to load and unload. Some are equipped with hooks to secure coils. Try contacting a local scrap metal carrier.

 

Wanna spend money call Nelson trailers on Ohio. They will build anything. Put container locks in the floor and engineer you product frame to accept them. Guarantees its secured to your standards. A flat floor trailer can be built. Not sure if you would find one to buy however.

Still see no reason that it can not be supported with dunage.

 

You ever see a 48' flat floor dump trailer? Tipper trailer maybe, but a 48' dump is rather specialized multi axle trailer.

Roll top Vans can be bought or built too.

 

You looking more for a lumber or roof truss flat bed.

 

Flatbed trailers can be ordered with zero arch. I order mine with a relaxed arch, which is like an inch and a half total instead of three, five, or 6 inch arch.

just saying.